Cheltenham Festival 2023 Wednesday tips: Picks from the Ballymore, Brown Advisory and Queen Mother Champion Chase

Cheltenham Festival is now just under a month away with Wednesday’s lineup looking more open as the event approaches.

The day is kicked off with the Ballymore where Hermes Allen is the favourite, before the Brown Advisory fronted by Gerri Colombe and the showpiece of the day is the Queen Mother Champion Chase.

Cheltenham Festival Wednesday racing tips

Ballymore preview and tip

This gelding’s form is proving better and better with his last win coming at Newbury and subsequently those behind have gone on to win.

Including You Wear It Well winning well at Sandown in the Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle by over seven lengths in the Grade 2 contest.

Hermes Allen is still only six-years-old and has plenty of improvement still to come, and what better place to showcase that than Cheltenham Festival?

Brown Advisory preview and tip

2.10 is the time of the off for the second Grade 1 of the day with this 3m contest.

It’s incredibly open in many respects with plenty of horses an unknown at this distance.

There can be cases made for the favourite, unbeaten for Gordon Elliott, three for three when chasing in the Robcour colours.

Sir Gerhard could prove to be a big price at 6/1 – but has had just one run over fences, though that came in a three-runner race where he absolutely dominated.

Before that he won the Ballymore, over hurdles of course, and looks to repeat that feat over fences this time.

However, Galia Des Liteaux is a massive price considering her win over Complete Unknown at Warwick in January.

And she won’t mind if the ground gets heavier as two of her last wins have come in the mud.

Champion Chase preview and tip

The Alan King-trained star is joint-favourite with Energumene despite the pair losing at Cheltenham in the trials to Editeur Du Gite last time, who is himself a 20/1 price for the Champion Chase.

And that does look overpriced at this point too, due to the manner of wins on his two latest outings.

The soft ground is certainly advantageous and Editeur won by 13 lengths in December at Kempton ahead of Nube Negra in the Desert Orchid Chase.

Backing him to win both of those singles on the SP would have paid out a total of 42/1!

And the Gary Moore-trained horse has a form at Cheltenham that reads 11431.

But there was just a head in it last time and Edwardstone is still in tremendous form after going up 9lb from his big victory over Greaneteen last time.

All odds correct at time of writing

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